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Courtyard Youth art centre film project
The Film Project ran over three days during October half term,
a group of young film makers wrote scrips, performed, filmed, edited and produced the films: click on the links below to watch the films.
Digibeat August 2009
14 teenagers worked on this digital music project at The Courtyard Youth Arts Centre Bicester in association with MAP & Sitting Duck over 3 days August 2009. Here's the music they made...
By any yardstick it was a huge success with lots of new skills learnt, friendships and amazing new songs being created from scratch. On the final day we had a playback party and this was a wonderful event where everyone, including staff and teenagers, got to share what they had done and check out each others tunes. 6 of these songs are now on our website and you will see all sorts of styles from Hip Hop to R n B, from Metal to Rock, and from Electro to Rap.
We amassed 4 different Macs from several different sources (via the Tutors) and whilst this was technologically difficult and we did encountered some problems we pulled together as staff and made it work. However we managed to make sure that each group got a decent amount of time on the appropriate machine and everyone got a chance to use the gear they needed and got the support in doing so from staff. Next time we do this project we hope to have some more Macs based here at the Courtyard which will make it all much easier.
The use of Macs to create music using programmes Garageband and Logic was an important feature of this project as they lead the way with creative digital media. However many of the new skills and techniques learnt are also transferable to other music production software and set ups that some of the teenagers may already have at home or encounter in other studios.
We are hoping to run a similar project in the Autumn so watch this space!
www.map-project.co.uk
www.sittingduckmusicandmedia.com
www.bicestercourtyard.org.uk
 Summer 2009
The Summer Has Started at The Courtyard
Young people and their families came to The Courtyard for a day packed full of activities and performances at the Courtyard Summer Event on Saturday 25th July. The event kicked off the summer at The Courtyard and set the tone for some of the fantastic activities running at the Courtyard during the summer.
The Mayor and Mayoress started the day off for us by introducing the dance performances from the groups who meet at The Courtyard and a fashion show from our Tuesday Night Youth Group in the newly refurbished Performance Hall. Local musician Becca Neale played a cool acoustic set on the outdoor stage, which was funded by the Youth Opportunity Fund. DJ G created a summer vibe by playing some great tunes. Then MC Yungstar & MC Choco dropped some brand new tunes. Standing to Fall, Parallax and Wake the Ashes rocked the crowed in the afternoon sun.
Young people made beautiful hair accessories and wrote messages and drew graphics on the massive tag wall. The Dance Studio was the setting for a magical exhibition of the skirts made in the Courtyard’s Design It, Make It, Love It textiles group. All that and a café run by The Community Wardens, Bicester Vision and The Co-op and a beautiful sunny day made the 2009 Summer Event at The Courtyard a roaring success. The event was made possible because of the hard work and support from young people from Bicester and lots of staff and volunteers – Thanks to all of you!
Don’t forget The Courtyard will be open from 2pm – 4pm every Tuesday and Thursday until 20th August as well at Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm-9pm. There are also loads of activities for young people this August including DJing, a 2-day theatre project with Cherwell Theatre Company, textiles/t-shirt design & printing and Graffiti workshops. There will be an exciting new 2-day digital photography project with professional media artist where young people will use digital photography and urban orienteering around Bicester to create a new piece of art.
Click here for the Easter 2009 News and Events Archive |
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